16 Bible Verses about Not Understanding Sayings

Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread? Do you not yet understand? nor even remember the 5,000 and the five loaves, and how many basketfuls you carried away, nor the 4,000 and the seven loaves, and how many hampers you carried away?read more.
How is it you do not understand that it was not about bread that I spoke to you? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

They, however, did not understand what He meant, and were afraid to question Him.

But they did not understand His meaning: it was veiled from them that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.

The meaning of this His disciples did not understand at the time; but after Jesus was glorified they recollected that this was written about Him, and that they had done this to Him.

For until now they had not understood the inspired teaching, that He must rise again from among the dead.

When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

That is what he says in all his letters, when speaking in them of these things. In those letters there are some statements hard to understand, which ill-taught and unprincipled people pervert, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own ruin.

How is it you do not understand that it was not about bread that I spoke to you? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

They did not perceive that He was speaking to them of the Father.

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.

"Now the men who were with me, though they saw the light, did not hear the words of Him who spoke to me.

Otherwise, if you bless God in spirit only, how shall he who is in the position of an ungifted man say the 'Amen' to your giving of thanks, when he does not know what your words mean?

Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.

But they did not understand the significance of these words.

How is it you do not understand me when I speak? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my words.